Samyia Spain, 19, was fatally stabbed outside a Brooklyn deli on March 16, 2026, after she and her twin sister Sanyia rejected advances from a man they had never met . The attack occurred around 2 a.m. at Natural Plus Deli on Fourth Avenue and St. Marks Place in Park Slope after Veo Kelly, 20, approached the twins and grew aggressive when they refused to give him their contact information . Deli workers and friends pushed Kelly and his companions out, but when the twins exited, Kelly was waiting with a knife . He slashed Sanyia in the arm and stabbed Samyia in the chest; she was pronounced dead at NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn . Kelly surrendered five days later and was charged with murder, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon . He had been at a party at a building next to the deli, where neighbors say underage drinking events are common . At a vigil, the twins’ father, Steven Spain, wept and cried out, “How could you take her?” as over a hundred people gathered to mourn . The case has sparked outrage and renewed conversations about women’s safety, rejected advances, and accountability.

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